Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-20
cording to his riches in glory, by Jesus


cording to his riches in glory, by Jesu
= Christ"
: The theme is the supply of all ou
needs and it covers everything. 1t dee
not simply say that he may or is able t.
supply, but here we have the assertion
that God shall supply all our needs
, The measure is according to his riches
in glory. We find in the word the glory
of God is referred to from the beginning
of the book to the end. God is spoken
of as the "King of Glory, rich in glory,
call glory belonging to him." The very
universe is filled with his glory. 1t Is
difficult to understand the exact mean
ing of the word, yet it is possible to il.
lustrate it by comparison with the glory
Of a nation.
| Our needs are to be supplied with the
riches of God. Think of their vastness,
aud realize their infnity, and by means
of Jesus Christ. Pm pleased at that
If it had been said that the angels should
minister to us they might have their
best men and some of us been forgotten,
but God says through, and by Jesus
Christ. That means by the redemp-
tion of blood. He is to minister to us.
We can rely upon him, for he loved us
and gave himself for us. When God
gave us Christ he gave everything; and
| we'll may be satisfied. When he gave
to his disciples a commission to preach
the gospel he said, "Lo, l am with you
always"
But to come more definitely to the
theme, all your needs, you must dis
crminate between needs and wants.
We all want much that we do not need.
All our wants are relative while our
needs are absolute; wants are temporal,
needs eternal. We all need master.
Man wants freedom from tyranny, and
that is all right, but he needs not the
liberty which means liberty from re.
straint. Obedience is one of the first
laws of nature. We obey our parents
in childhood, we obey the laws of the
country, and we should obey God, and
have in him the absolute mastery of our
soul.
Again, man needs not only master
but he needs work. Every part of our |
being responds to development by work.
Man often wants the opposite Of this.
Ii we come now to the needs of
man, you may say that he needs
little, but let me tell the
senior class of this University, that you
need all the work you can accomplish.
Your development dependa upon it. We
begin by giving the child bis task to de.
velop his strength. Then, in the class
room, the student grows in strength by
the work he does, and he that has ac.
the largest work stands as a
leader of his class, because work mas.
tered has made him master. Man is
great because he has accomplished great
works. Christ may we'll be called the
Son of God, because he has done the
works OF God, and we may be called the
children of God, if we but do his work.
We need that master, and we need that
he shall give us work, and having re-
,eived this we shall tiud our needs met,
whatever may be our wants. We need
/ friend.
But we need more. and I want to EN-.
phasize this point. You have, during
,he past years stored away many facts,
put you need wisdom. With knowledge
wisdom is necessary, and let your prayer
De: That God may give you wisdom,
hat supple thing that turns knowledge
nto life. Take Jesus Christ and you
shall be wise, even unto salvation"
We need courage to stand in the front
'anks. How many of us 60 through life
Ind fail, still thinking we are doing the
pest that we can. We dislike the darts
,f the enemy, and, though we wish to
,well the ranks, we stand back, that we
nay avoid the thickest of the fight and
De out of the place of danger. The Uni.
versity of Southern California has tried
10 give the instruction that God needs
you to stand in the front ranks and
light bravely. and ask you to supply
that need of courage, that you may
have il for the battle of life.
Again, we need help. Don't think
you are able to care for yourselves. If
you come to an inaccessible wall in life,
Zig your way through it. If your arm
Or mind fail in strength, ask God to help
you, and he will. | believe God aided
Jopernicus in his studies. l believe
Morse could not have invented the tele-
graph had not God, in answer to his
prayer, helped him. My young friend,
lon't hesitate to take hold of great
,hings, but remembar that defeat awaits |
you unless you go in with God as your
shield and buckler.
But you need something beneath all
his. You need to be holy. am glad
20 say that this class of ten has been .
to God and are children of 7,
Tod. "Blessed are the pure in heart t
or they shall see God" Let each of us I
i've with hearts washed in the blood of
Christ. And now we need hope. II
fhe agnostics have raised a temple {
md written thereon, "Those who enter
lere leave hope behind" God forbid
hat l should ever enter such a place! {
Your hopes are bright to-day for the
hings of earth, but that is not enough.
You must look for hope in the life be-
yond. Let it be said, "Christ is in us. t
he hope of glory" What do we care
or the supply of our wants, in compar- {
son to that of our needs? We may be g.,
ejected of men, yet have every need
upplisd.
And now, dear friends, as a parting
word of exhortation, let me beseech you s
o receive Christ into your hearts and
ife, and God will supply all you need, t
n the glory OF Jesus Christ, Amen.